cocaine : this is a drug of celebration. you have money, you have friends, you have momentum, your shit doesn't stink. you want more of everything, ravenous and greedy bastard that you are that day. give me more of all this: that is hard to replace, so look ...
more ...ok, i promised details. here's my take on different substances that people have experienced throughout the history of humanity.
plus, some animals get high, fermented honey for bears or beer for well-raised pigs.
[editorial note: not all this is from direct experience; plus, if any of this ...
more ...i could probably start every essay w/ that sub-head: details matter. yeah they do.
they way do.
for example, i remember trying to make sense of it all as a volunteer medic at the berkeley free clinic, early 80's, right as AIDS was busting out of its ...
more ...i know it's not universally so, but many of us, myself at times, lump all addiction together. gambling addiction, sex addiction, pill addiction, food addiction, being an addict addiction.
for example, someone interested in a jagged, dangerous high might choose white powders. There's zero way for ...
more ...addicts get addicted to be addicts, to being a 'smoker' or 'in recovery'. the buzz of belonging augments the buzz of the original high, gives the user access to a cohort who just might understand.
by describing oneself as an addict, one gains access to ...
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